{"id":176,"date":"2021-11-15T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T03:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T03:03:15","slug":"simosthenurus-occidentalis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/macropodidae-family-kangaroos-wallabies\/simosthenurus-occidentalis\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Simosthenurus occidentalis<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><em>Simosthenurus occidentalis<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em>Simosthenurus occidentalis<\/em> is a species of short-faced kangaroo of subfamily Sthenurinae. This kangaroo lived in from the Pliocene until the end of the Pleistocene, becoming extinct around 42,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Like many other Plio-Pleistocene sthenurines, <em>S. occidentalis<\/em> had a large, short-snouted head and long, slender arms, adapted for reaching, grasping and eating foliage of trees and bushes. This species lived across southern Australia, from the far southwest through to Tasmania.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;512&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element: <\/strong>Cranium<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> WAM 62.8.31<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Pleistocene<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> Western Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Mammoth Cave, Margaret River<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjdhMDFhMmU2LTIwZDctNDljOS04YmQxLThmMmI0YjMyMTE3YSUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Skeletal element: <\/strong>Mandible<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> WAM 60.10.2<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Pleistocene<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> Western Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Mammoth Cave, Margaret River[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjBlYzA4MWU5LTU3MDItNDUzYi1hOTdlLWFiZWZjZDQzODQwZiUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Glauert, L. (1910). &#8220;The Mammoth Cave&#8221;. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum,<\/em> 1, 11\u201336.<\/p>\n<p>Prideaux, G.J. (2004). Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroo. <em>University of California Pres<\/em>s.<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/california\/9780520098459.001.0001\">10.1525\/california\/9780520098459.001.0001<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Simosthenurus occidentalis Simosthenurus occidentalis is a species of short-faced kangaroo of subfamily Sthenurinae. This kangaroo lived in from the Pliocene until the end of the Pleistocene, becoming extinct around 42,000 years ago. 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